Reps. Barney Frank (center), Tammy Baldwin (left), Jerrold Nadler (right) and other Democrats wrote a letter today criticizing lawyers hired by Speaker John Boehner to support the Defense of Marriage Act.
BLAG, a group composed of the top three House GOP leaders and top two Democratic leaders, voted along party lines in March to defend DOMA in court. House Democrats quickly blasted Boehner for retaining former Solicitor General Paul Clement as the lead attorney to defend DOMA in pending court cases, charging he was not properly vetted and that the move was a waste of taxpayer dollars. Republicans, meanwhile, have maintained that Obama’s announcement instructing the Justice Department not to defend DOMA in court was a political stunt and a distraction from fiscal issues.
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